Montgomery pastor Rials serves at SBC

Montgomery pastor Rials serves at SBC

Wade Rials, pastor of Thorington Road Baptist Church, Montgomery, collects ballots in the press room following the ballot vote for second vice president. Jared Moore, pastor of New Salem Baptist Church, Hustonville, Ky., was elected 451–223 over Don Cass, longtime pastor and denominational leader in Texas and New Mexico. Bart Barber, pastor of FBC Farmersville, Texas, was elected first vice president and Fred Luter Jr., pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, New Orleans, was re-elected as president. Other Alabamians serving during the SBC were Brad Bakane and Candace McIntosh (Credentials Committee) and Chip Starnes and Derek Staples (Committee on Committees).

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